Youthful population blamed for Sheffield vice and neglect
The second report of the Limien's Employment Commission outlines severe immorality among Sheffield children. It cites parental neglect, early work, widespread gambling, beer-houses, and prostitution among youths. Witnesses condemn poor schooling, lazily run Lancasterian and Sunday schools, and call for national educational reform to curb rising depravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limien
Pranit Os
Sheffield
Iine
Sheffeld
Otter
Sion
Symons
Farish
Raynor
Ebenezer i
Old
Imade
Jesus Christ
Scotland
London
England
Yorkshire
Pier
Assley
Castellan School
Ats
Bitwas
Lancasterian
Royal Health and Fashion Notes From London and Brighton
Her Majesty and Prince Albert are seen walking in Buckingham Palace gardens daily, with the Prince of Wales and Princess Royal kept indoors by cold winds. Queen dowager’s charity subscriptions in Brighton total £30 yearly to multiple institutions. A lease of royal levee duties is noted, plus rumors of a separate establishment for the Prince of Wales. Fashion trends for April describe bonnets, dresses, coiffures, and spring colors with Greek sleeves, lace, and embellishments across London and Paris magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Prince
Brighton
Erasmus Pocock
Sussex County Hospital
Brighton British School For Girls
Dispensary
Society For Distressed Widows
Chain Pier
District Society
Dorcas Society
Female Penitentiary
The
Humane Society
Maternal Society
National Schools
Orphan Asylum
St. Mary's Hall
Lewes
1St Regiment of Horse Guards
Archbishop of Canterbury
Prince of
Council of State
Prince Bernard
Solms Braunfels
World of Fashion Monthly
London
Paris
Longchamps
Magazins de Mode
Ladies' Magazine of Fashion
Mr Braham and Shakespeare in 1640 letters
An extract of a letter to the Birmingham Advertiser dated March 20, 1640 recounts Braham claiming his first stage appearance at age ten in 1787 and noting his birthday on Starch 20th. It asserts Braham was sixty six, not octogenarian, and mentions Shakespeare at Shrewsbury being bound over for three months after a fight in the Bugle leading to medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannan
Mr. Braham
Birmingham Advertiser
Royalty Theatre
Braham
Shrewsbury
William Shakspeare
Horatio
Snerirr Parktys
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Parkins
America
New York
Newark
New Jersey
United States
Joseph Best
Liverpool
Manchester
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Cheshire
Derbyshire
Simeon
St. Paul's Chapel
Royton
Miss Leach
Manchester and Salford
FricoTrut
Blackfriars Road
Stephenson
Blackfriars-road
William Romaine
Rose
William Jones
Leicester
Baron Gurney
Waddington
Tia Bina
Marshall
Mellor
St. Margaret's
Jones
Yeomanry
Robert Peel
James Graham
Bible Society
Thompson
Thomas Agar
Ord
Stern
Educational Clauses of the Factory Bill Overview
Abstracts outline Ashley bill provisions for factory schools including trustee roles clerical trustees bishop selections and monthly meetings. It details school hours for child factory workers prayer and scripture teaching, religious instruction limits parent rights objections and compulsory worship rules with exemptions and regional applicability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Ashley
Justices of the Peace
Committee of Council
Church of England
Council of Education
Scotland
Ireland
The Great Anti Corn Law Meeting at The Supposed Monomaniac
Report of the third weekly Anti Corn Law League meeting in Deury theatre with speakers Cobden Villers Napier Fox Harvey Gisborne and others. It recounts debates on emigration and Peel’s measures, plus a long section on John Kelly a chartist agitator and a Leicester trial for sedition. The piece covers crowd reactions, police presence, and vivid partisan rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah
Drury-Jane
John Kelly
Poche Anti Corn Law League
Deury-lans-theatre
Honourable C
PL Villers
BR. Cobden
Sir C. Napier
Justin Scholfeld
M.P
James Wilson
Thomas Gisborne
W. J. Fox
William Harvey
Manchester
Tomas Harbottle
Archibald Prenice
James Chadwick
R. A. Moore
Wm. Leaf
London
S. Courtland
R. Price
Weiford
P. A. Taylor
Sir James Anderson
H. Elphinstone
J. le Ricardo
W. Bushfield Evans
Wilkinson
Lendor
Joan Norton
Lincoln
John Finch
Liverpool
G. Wilson
League
England
Engleid
Reyal
Paisley
Cassiopeia
Orion
Robert Peel
Canada
Evear
Mr. Cobden
Cobden
Flo
America
New South Wales
New Zealand
Sir Robert
Sir Robert Peel
Baronet
Stockport
Atlantic
Stonepoint
Bond
Amidat Deere
Monomania and threats force Baker Tucker to Lunatic Asylum
The Exeter diocese faced legal steps as Rev W H Tucker, a former parish curate, sent threats to bishops and clergy. He had been confined in lunatic asylums, then fled to Bishopstowe before capture. In Torquay he faced magistrates. medical opinion deemed him dangerously ill, likely to harm himself or others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisitor
Exeter
Asother Monomaniic
W. H. Tucker
Canterbury
London
Hanwell
Tucker
Bigbury
Bishopstowe
Garrow
Torquay
Charles Mallock
Phillips
Burney
Shelford
Monomaniy
Marseilles
France
Sxap
Southwark
Tooley-street
Watling-street
Messrs. West
Smith
West
Guardian
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gistory
Kelly
Looo
Shadwell
Thames
High-street
Hutchinson
Tower Hamlets
City of London
City
Lambeth Street
Black Horse
Shipowners’ Protection Office
Home Secretary
James
Quin
Jeremiah John Kelly
Ballantine
Lord John Russell
Pearce
Price
Arbour Square East
Broderic
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